(Syllabus) CBSE Class 9th & 10th : English - Communication (Elective) Code No: 101
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CBSE Board Syllabus (2011)
Class : 11th & 12th
English – Communication (Elective) Code No: 101
It includes the following: For Students
1. Main Course book
2. Literature Reader
3. Work book
Interact in English has been designed to develop the student’s communicative
competence in English. Therefore, content selection is determined by the
student’s present and future academic, social and professional needs.
The overall aims of the course are:
(a) to enable the learner to communicate effectively and appropriately in
real-life situations.
(b) to use English effectively for study purposes across the curriculum.
(c) to develop and integrate the use of the four language skills, i.e.
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
(d) to develop interest in and appreciation of literature.
(e) to revise and reinforce structures already learnt.
(f) to develop interest in the appreciation of literature.
Teachers may kindly keep the following in mind to develop these
competencies:
Creativity : Students should be encouraged to think on their
own and express their ideas using their experience, knowledge and imagination,
rather than being text or teacher dependent.
Self-monitoring : Students should be encouraged to monitor
their progress, space out their learning, so students should be encouraged to
see language not just as a functional tool, but as an important part of personal
development and inculcation of values.
READING
By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. read silently at varying speeds depending on the purpose of reading;
2. adopt different strategies for different types of text, both literary and
non-literary;
3. recognise the organization of a text;
4. identify the main points of a text;
5. understand relations between different parts of a text through lexical and
grammatical cohesion devices.
6. anticipate and predict what will come next in a text;
7. deduce the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items in a given context;
8. consult a dictionary to obtain information on the meaning and use of lexical
items;
9. analyse, interpret, infer (and evaluate) the ideas in the text;
10. select and extract from a text information required for a specific purpose
(and record it in note form)
11. transcode information from verbal to diagrammatic form;
12. retrieve and synthesise information from a range of reference material using
study skills such as skimming and scanning;
13. interpret texts by relating them to other material on the same theme (and to
their own experience and knowledge); and
14. read extensively on their own.
WRITING
By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. express ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, using appropriate
punctuation and cohesion devices;
2. write in a style appropriate for communicative purposes;
3. plan, organise and present ideas coherently by introducing, developing and
concluding a topic;
4. write a clear description (e.g. of a place, a person, an object or a system);
5. write a clear account of events (e.g. a process, a narrative, a trend or a
cause-effect relationship);
6. compare and contrast ideas and arrive at conclusions;
7. present an argument, supporting it with appropriate examples;
8. use an appropriate style and format to write letters (formal and informal),
postcards, telegrams, notices, messages, reports, articles and diary entries;
9. monitor, check and revise written work;
10. expand notes into a piece of writing;
11. summarise or make notes from a given text; and
12. recode information from one text type to another (e.g. diary entry to
letter, advertisement to report, diagram to verbal form)
LISTENING
By the end of the course, the students should be able to :
1. adopt different strategies according to the purpose of listening (e.g. for
pleasure, for general interest, for specific information);
2. use linguistic and non-linguistic features of the context as clues to
understanding and interpreting what is heard (e.g. cohesion devices, key words,
intonation, gesture, background noises);
3. listen to a talk or conversation and understand the topic and main points;
4. listen for information required for a specific purpose, e.g. in radio
broadcast, commentaries, airport and railway station announcements;
5. distinguish main points from supporting details, and relevant from irrelevant
information;
6. understand and interpret messages conveyed in person or by telephone;
7. understand and respond appropriately to directive language, e.g. instruction,
advice, requests and warning; and
8. understand and interpret spontaneous spoken discourse in familiar social
situations.
SPEAKING
By the end of the course, students should be able to :
1. speak intelligibly using appropriate word stress, sentence stress and
intonation patterns;
2. adopt different strategies to convey ideas effectively according to purpose,
topic and audience (including the appropriate use of polite expressions);
3. narrate incidents and events, real or imaginary in a logical sequence;
4. present oral reports or summaries; make announcements clearly and
confidently;
5. express and argue a point of view clearly and effectively;
6. take active part in group discussions, showing ability to express agreement
or disagreement, to summaries ideas, to elicit the views of others, and to
present own ideas;
7. express and respond to personal feelings, opinions and attitudes;
8. convey messages effectively in person or by telephone;
9. frame questions so as to elicit the desired response, and respond
appropriately to questions; and
10. participate in spontaneous spoken discourse in familar social situations.
GRAMMAR
1. Verbs
Tenses:
present/past forms
simple/continuous forms
perfect forms
future time reference
Modals
Active and Passive voice
Subject-verb concord
non-finite verb forms (infintives and participles)
2. Sentence Structure
Types of sentences:
affirmative/interrogative sentences
negation
exclamations
Types of Phrases and Clauses
finite and non-finite subordinate clauses:
noun clauses and phrases
adjective clauses and phrases
adverb clauses and phrases
Indirect speech
Comparison
Nominalization
3. Other Areas
Determiners
Pronouns
Prepositions
LITERATURE
By the end of the course, students should be able to understand, interpret,
evaluate and respond to the following features in a literary text :
1. Character, as revealed through
appearance and distinguishing features,
socio-economic background
action/events,
expression of feelings,
speech and dialogues
2. Plot/Story/Theme, emerging through main events,
progression of events and links between them;
sequence of events denoting theme.
3. Setting, as seen through
time and place,
socio-economic and cultural background , people, beliefs and attitudes.
4. Form
rhyme
rhythm
simile
metaphor, alliteration
pun
repetition
CLASS-IX
SECTION A : READING 20 Marks (40 Periods)
Two unseen passages with a variety of comprehension questions including 04
marks for word-attack skills such as word formation and inferring meaning in the
longer passage of 12 marks.
1 250-350 words in length – 08 marks
2 400-450 words in length – 12 marks
A factual passage (e.g. instruction, description, report etc.) or a literary
passage (e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography). The
passage will be between 250-350 words in length. (In the case of a poetry
extract the text may be shorter than 150 words) 8 marks A factual passage or a
discursive passage involving opinion, (argumentative, persuasive or
interpretative text). The passage will be between 400-450 words in length.
Questions on word attack skills will be for 04 marks. 12 marks
The total length of the two passages will be between 650 and 800 words.
SECTION B : WRITING 30 Marks (63 Periods)
The Writing section comprises of four writing tasks as indicated below:
Questions 3 and 4 are short compositions of not more than 50 words each –
(notice, message postcard) 5 + 5 10 Marks
Important note on format and word limit :
Notice : Notice must be placed in a box. Word limit : 50 words
for body of the notice.
Message : Message must be placed in a box. Word limit : 50
words for body of the message.
Postcard : Format of postcard has to be printed in the question
paper for candidates to copy while writing the answer. Word limit : 50 words for
body of the letter.
5. Composition based on a verbal stimulus such as an advertisement, notice,
newspaper clipping, tabular data, diary extract, notes, letter or other forms of
correspondence.
Word limit : 150-175 words (For letter : 150 words only for body of the letter)
10 Marks
6. Composition based on a visual stimulus such as a diagram, picture, graph,
map, cartoon or flow chart. 10 Marks
Word limit : 150-175 words 10 Marks
One of the longer (10 marks) compositions will draw on the thematic content of
the Main Course book.
SECTION C : GRAMMAR 20 Marks (42 Periods)
Questions No. 7-11
A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a
context (i.e., not in isolated sentences). Test types used will include
gap-filling, cloze (gap filling exercise with blanks at regular intervals),
sentence completion, reordering word groups in sentences, editing, dialogue –
completion and sentence – transformation. The grammar syllabus will be sampled
each year, with marks allotted for :
Verb forms
Sentence structures
Other areas
Note : Jumbled words in reordering exercise to test syntax will
involve sentences in a context. Each sentence will be split into sense groups
(not necessarily into single words) and jumbled up.
SECTION D : LITERATURE (Prose-12/Plays-8/Poetry-10) 30 Marks (65
Periods)
12 and 13 : Two extracts out of three from different poems from
the prescribed reader, each followed by two or three questions to test local and
global comprehension of the set text. Each extract will carry 3 marks.
Word limit : one or two lines for each answer. 3+3 = 6 Marks
14. One out of two questions (with or without an extract) testing
appreciation and local and global comprehension of a poem from the prescribed
Reader. Word limit : 50-75 words 04 Marks
15. Two questions based on one of the drama texts from the prescribed Reader
to test local and global comprehension of the set text. Word limit : one or two
lines for each question if an extract is given. If an extract is not given, the
word limit will be roughly 75 words. 04 Marks
16. One out of two questions from the drama texts based on the plot, theme,
characters. 04 Marks
17. One out of two questions based on one of the prose texts from the
prescribed reader to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set
text. Word limit : 50-75 words 04 Marks
18. One out of two questions based on the prose texts from the prescribed
Reader to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text. Word
limit : 150-175 words 08 Marks
Questions will test comprehension at different levels : literal, inferential and
evaluative.
Prescribed Books/Materials
1. Interact in English — IX Main Course Book Revised edition Published by CBSE
2. Interact in English — IX Literature Reader Revised edition Delhi-110092
3. Interact in English — IX Workbook Revised edition
OVERALL ASSESSMENT POLICY FOR CLASS IX
(Including Continuous Assessment)
The English curriculum aims at the harmonious development of the four language
skills, and thus of the learners’ communicative capacity. Teaching/testing
objectives have been set for each of these skills, indicating the level of
achievement expected of the learners. However, although it is possible to assess
these skills and sub-skills, it is not possible to test all of them through a
formal, time-bound examination. It is, therefore,
essential to measure the level of attainment in these skills through continuous
assessment, in addition to the formal examination.
The overall pattern of the two modes of assessment at Class IX is as follows:
1. Coninuous Assessment 60%
(a) Conversation skills 20%
(b) Assignments 20%
(c) Formal testing 20%
2. Final Examination 40%
Promotion
In order to pass at Class IX level, a student must secure at least 33% marks in
continuous assessment as well as in the final examination i.e. a student must
secure at least 20 out of the 60 that represents continuous assessment, and at
least 13 out of the 40 that represents the final examination. One has to pass in
continuous assessment and final exam separately.
Continuous Assessment 60%
Continuous assessment is essential to measure students’ progress in the
acquisition of skills, particularly in listening and speaking. Unless listening
and speaking skills are assessed, they will tend to be neglected. These skills
should be brought under continuous assessment.
Continuous assessment refers to the assessment of student’s achievement
throughout the year, through a variety of activities carried out within each
school. Such activities may be formal, but in order to assess listening and
speaking skills, it is important that a large proportion of the marks allotted
should be derived from informal procedures. It is, therefore, recommended that
marks should be allotted as follows :
Conversation skills 20%
Assignments 20%
Formal testing 20%
Total 60%
Further details are given as under :
Listening
1. The learner : 3. has ability to follow short connected 5. has ability to understand explicitly 7. understands a range of longer spoken 9. shows ability to interpret complex |
Speaking
1. The learner: 3. in familiar situation, uses only short 5. shows ability to use more complex 7. organises and presents thoughts in a 9. can spontaneously adopt style |
(a) Conversation Skills-20%
Conversation skills (Listening and Speaking)-3Assessment in this area relates to
the teaching/testing objectives for these two skills. In the skill-based
approach to language learning, the importance of conversation skills cannot be
underestimated.
20 marks have been allotted for conversation skills, which may be evaluated
either through informal assesment (20 marks), or through a combination of
informal assessment (10 marks) and formal assessment (interviews) (10 marks).
(i) Informal Assessment-20% or 10%
At the end of each term, the teacher should be able to assess the level of each
student’s converstion skills, based on observation of their participation in the
English classes. Whenever in the coursework the students are required to
discuss, role play, simulate, express a point of view etc., the teacher should
monitor the activities and quietly observe each student’s participation. It is
important to stress that informal assessment for conversation skills should be a
regular, ongoing activity throughout the term. A Conversation Skill Assessment
Scale is given below. For each skill, students may be awarded marks from 0 to
10, but specifications are given only for bands 1,3,5,7 and 9. Using this scale,
a teacher can place a student at a particular band; for example, a student
falling between bands 3 and 5 would be awarded 4 marks, and particularly
deserving students could be awarded 10 marks. Students should be informed at the
beginning of the year that their class participation will be assessed in this
way.
Conversation Skills Assessment Scale
(ii) Formal assessment (interview)-10%
Conversation skills may be assessed through informal assessment only,
but each school may, if it wishes, reserve 10 of the 20 marks for formal
assessment (interviews). These should be held towards the end of the year, and
it is recommended that in order to allow for assessment of all the relevent
skills, they should be conducted as group interviews. Students should be
organised in groups of 4 or 5, and each group in turn should engage in a
discussion on
a topic notified to them only ten minutes before the interview takes place. This
is to prevent rote learning of a speech by each student. During the discussion,
the teacher (preferably together with a colleague) observes the student’s
performance and awards each one a mark out of 10 according to the assessment
scale. A school may opt for individual interviews if the procedure suggested
above is not feasible.
(b) Assignments 20%
During the year, students will engage in a variety of activities based on the
course material. In many a case these will involve written work which may be
carried out either in class or as homework. A number of these activities are
identified as suitable for continuous assessment assignments, where the
student’s performance is recorded and counts towards his final mark for the
year. 20 marks have been allotted for these assignments.
The overall assessment policy for Class IX seeks to measure the four skills. Speaking has been covered under conversation skills, and is clearly not assessable through a written assignement. Listening and reading, however, can be assessed in this way, through coursebook activities which lead to a written product such as notes, a table or a summary. This type of assessment, however should not be a test of writing skills. Students should be awarded marks as objectively as possible according to the extent to which they have understood, whether through reading or through listening. They should not be penalised in such assignments for errors in punctuation, spelling or grammar. Marking of these assignments will be based on the content expected to demonstrate comprehension and for this reason assessment scales will not be necessary.
Other assignments, however, will focus on writing skills and involve extended writing. This takes place in writing skills activities in the Main Course Book, and in certain activities in the Literature Reader. Assessment of written work forms an important and integral part of the overall assessment of the student’s ability in the use of the English language. It is in this area very often that subjectivity creeps in and mars the judgement in evaluation because of a lack of clear-cut guidelines for the teachers.
In the new curriculum for English, each student’s written work has to be
assessed throughout the year in an informal manner. For this, it becomes
essential to provide a rating scale to help teachers to make continuous
assessment objective and uniform.
It is recommended that the 12 activities from the Main Course Book and
Literature Reader should count as assignments towards continuous assessment.
These should be four per term-one each in reading, writing and listening; and
from Literature (sustained writing activities). The chosen assignments should
vary each year, and students should not be told-(before or after) that the marks
of certain assignments will count towards continuous assessment.
Throughout the year, the teacher should keep a record of marks awarded for
assignments carried out either in class or as homework, and these marks should
be aggregated to provide each student’s final marks out of 20 for this component
of the continuous assessment.
Final Examination at the end of Class IX carries 40% marks.
CLASS-X
Separate question paper and answer sheet format replaces combined booklet format from march, 2005 examination.
SECTION A : READING 20 Marks (40 Periods)
Two unseen passages with a variety of comprehension questions including 04 marks
for word-attack skills such as word formation and inferring meaning in the
longer passage of 12 marks.
1. A factual passage (e.g. instruction, description, report etc.) or a literary passage (e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography). The passage will be between 250-350 words in length. (In the case of a poetry extract, the text may be shorter than 150 words) 8 marks
2. A factual passage or a discursive passage involving opinion,
(argumentative, persuasive or interpretative text). The passage will be between
400-450 words in length. Questions on word attack skills will be for 04 marks.
12 marks
The total length of the two passages will be between 650 and 800 words.
SECTION B : WRITING 30 Marks (63 Periods)
The Writing Section comprises of four writing tasks as indicated below:
Questions 3 and 4 are Short compositions of not more than 50
words each – e.g., notice, 5 + 5 = 10 Marks
message, Postcard
5 Composition based on a verbal stimulus such as an advertisement, notice,
newspaper clipping, tabular data, diary extract, notes, letter or other forms of
correspondence. Word limit : 150-175 words 10 Marks
6 Composition based on a visual stimulus such as a diagram, picture, graph,
map, cartoon or flow chart.
Word limit : 150-175 words 10 Marks
One of the longer (10 marks) compositions will draw on the thematic content of
the Main Course book.
SECTION C : GRAMMAR 20 Marks (42 Periods)
Question No. 7-11
A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures
within a context (i.e., not in isolated sentences). Test types used will include
gap-filling, cloze (gap filling exercise with blanks at regular intervals),
sentence completion, re-ordering word groups in sentences, editing, dialogue –
completion and sentence – transformation.
The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year, with marks allotted for :
Verb forms
Sentence structures
Other areas
Note : Jumbled words in re-ordering exercise to test syntax
will involve sentences in a context. Each sentence will be split into sense
groups (not necessarily into single words) and jumbled up.
SECTION D : LITERATURE 30 Marks (65 Periods)
12 and 13 : Two extracts out of three
from different poems from the prescribed Reader, each followed by two or three
questions to test local and global comprehension of the set text. Each extract
will carry 3 marks. 3+3 = 6 Marks
14 One out of two questions (with or without an extract) testing appreciation of
global or local comprehension of a poem from the prescribed reader. (50-75
words) 04 Marks
15 Two questions based on one of the drama texts from the prescribed reader to
test local and global comprehension of the set text. One or two lines for each
question if an extract is given. If an extract is not given, the word limit will
be roughly 75 words. 04 Marks
16 One out of two questions from the drama texts based on theme, character,
plot. (50-75 words) 04 Marks
17 One out of two questions based on one of the prose texts from the prescribed
reader to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text.
(50-75 words) 04 Marks
18 One out of two questions based on the prose texts from the prescribed
reader to test global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text.
(150-175 words) 08